20 Facts About Leonid Nevzlin

Leonid Borisovich Nevzlin is a Russian-born Israeli businessman, investor, philanthropist, and Russian oligarch.

Leonid Nevzlin was tried in absentia in Russia in March 2008, found guilty of several counts of conspiracy to murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

From 1981 to 1987, Leonid Nevzlin was a software engineer at Zarubezhgeologia, an external trade organization of the Soviet Ministry of Geology.

From 1989 to 1991, Leonid Nevzlin served as president of the bank, after which he held other high-ranking positions, including vice chairman of the board and head of public relations.

Leonid Nevzlin worked at Group Menatep, focusing on corporate communications, government relations, and human resources.

From September 1997 to October 1998, Leonid Nevzlin served as first deputy director general of the Russian news agency ITAR TASS, creating a plan to gradually transform it into a joint-stock company.

In 2014, Leonid Nevzlin founded the monthly Hebrew-language magazine Liberal, which publishes analyses of Israeli political life, communications and culture.

Leonid Nevzlin was tried in absentia in Russia in March 2008, found guilty of several counts of conspiracy to murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Leonid Nevzlin called the court case a show trial orchestrated by Vladimir Putin.

Leonid Nevzlin denied the accusations, suggesting that it was "concocted in Moscow".

Leonid Nevzlin was awarded the Order of Friendship, one of the Russian Federation's highest honors, for his efforts in supporting Boris Yeltsin's reelection campaign in 1996.

From March to December 2001 Leonid Nevzlin served as president of the Russian Jewish Congress.

Leonid Nevzlin was a key player in Jewish historical and heritage research projects, including the establishment of the Moscow Jewish Cultural Center and the International Center for Russian and Eastern European Jewish Studies in Moscow.

Since moving to Israel, Leonid Nevzlin has established the NADAV Foundation, which supports projects in Jewish studies and education, Israel-Diaspora relations and Jewish peoplehood.

Leonid Nevzlin has served on the boards of both the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University.

Leonid Nevzlin has served on the board of governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the board of trustees of Keren Hayesod, the United Israel Appeal, and as associate chairman of the board of directors of the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute.

Leonid Nevzlin is a long-term supporter of Israeli healthcare charity Ezra LeMarpeh.

Leonid Nevzlin was born in Moscow on 21 September 1959 into a family of Lithuanian Jewish origin.

Leonid Nevzlin graduated from the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas in 1981, and earned an MA from the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, majoring in management and marketing.

Leonid Nevzlin has married three times and has five children including Irina Leonid Nevzlin, chair of the board of directors at Beit Hatfutsot.